JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, FEBRUARY 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Feb. 2000   Feb. 1999   Feb. 2000  Feb. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,148         854         937      1,452
Others                    452         532         514        540
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       90         103          70         80
Atlantic salmon         2,189       1,757       1,483      1,149
Yellowfin tuna          2,837       2,638       1,992      1,892
Bluefin tuna              478         142       1,225        464
Bigeye tuna             1,688       1,604       1,319      1,301
Southern bluefin tuna      17          28          16         29
Sea bream                  67          74          61         96
Billfish                   87         132          60         90
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  88          65          70         49
Pacific sockeye           896          84         447         63
Pacific coho           12,386      11,339       6,884      6,474
Other Pacific salmon      204       1,956         108        318
Pink salmon             5,017       3,746       2,858      2,031
Atlantic salmon           285         577         134        303
Other salmon              145          84          68         44
Halibut                 1,748       1,905         625        744
Albacore tuna              55         101          15         17
Yellowfin tuna          8,818       5,577       2,403      1,923
Skipjack                6,884       4,580         432        430
Bluefin tuna               91         357         295        935
Bigeye tuna             8,037       8,988       6,062      7,654
Herring                 4,619       4,466         498        443
Cod                     5,309         907       1,718        209
Mackerel                6,742       8,032         825      1,006
Mero                      771       1,541         555      1,011
Jack mackerel          10,457       4,862         913        448
Sea bream                 659         261         173         53
Capelin                   617         379         226        158
Billfish                  386         426         100         87
Spanish mackerel          145         399          64        142
Rockfish                  907       1,268         173        343
Sablefish                 396         546         401        445
Herring roe               186          59         111         37
Pollock roe               572       1,308         368        924
Mero, fillet              525         879         616        879
Swordfish, fillet          54         114          30         49
Pollock surimi          1,250       2,863         305        747
Cod Surimi                593         229         120         46
Threadfin bream         3,732       3,246         726        665
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe                66          83          61         57
Pollock roe               111         181         153        265
Salmon roe                378         196         989        502
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                395         273         277        218
Arkshell                  543         565         361        320
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             165         179         488        460
King crab               1,098       1,097         610        739
Tanner crab             1,088         825         456        446
Blue crab                  98         107         162        188
Other crab                373         135         218        186
Oyster                  2,174       1,496       1,347        848
Clam                    3,579       3,810         795        867
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             443         799         894        120
Lobster                    88          47         195         91
Shrimp                 17,038      16,542      18,038     17,252
King crab               1,488       2,002       2,591      2,612
Tanner crab               386       1,829         390      1,454
Blue crab                 412         588         198        249
Other crab                 77         104          48         52
European cuttlefish     1,428       2,411         491        915
Octopus                25,324      20,807       7,151      9,655
Scallop                    52          44          29         30
Other cuttlefish        1,961       2,385       1,215      1,483
Squid                      95         745          22        140
Abalone                    10          18          36         24
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      92          61          67         60
Sea urchin roe             25          19         116         62
Jellyfish                 652         539         291        346
Seaweed, dried            353         364         257        235
Seaweed, salted         2,284       2,917         229        283
Prepared                     
Eel                     5,833       4,172       6,544      6,565
Canned crab                 1           1           3          4
Fish meal              12,500      16,253         739      1,258

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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